Another beautiful place in Weishan area---Nanyang Ancient Town

The ancient town of Nanyang - one of the four famous canal towns, is located in Weishan Lake integrated with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The ancient canal runs through it, with a lake surface of 150,000 acres and more than 50 aquatic economic plants. There are nearly a hundred species of fish, shrimps, shells, wild ducks, thousands of lotus flowers, tens of thousands of acres of reeds, and the newly widened Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs across the ancient town of Nanyang. The town has more than 15,000 residents and covers an area of ??4.5 square kilometers. The ancient town of Nanyang is located in Jining, an important town in the southwest of Beiyilu. It is adjacent to the ancient Pengcheng Xuzhou in the south, Qufu and Zoucheng, the holy places of Confucius and Mencius, in the east, and Heze, the hometown of peony, in the west. It is close to the hometown of Liang Zhu and Zhongzi, and the red lotus wetland of Weishan Lake in Tengzhou. It is close to Beijing Fu It is 30 kilometers away from the expressway and 60 kilometers away from Jining Airport. There are passenger ships (cruise ships) from Jining to Nanyang Island (Nanyang Ancient Town). It takes 30 minutes by boat from the Yutai County ferry to the Nanyang Island scenic spot. The transportation is convenient and fast. Nanyang Ancient Town is known as "Little Suzhou in Jiangbei" and has a pleasant climate. Whenever the breeze blows coolly and the moon hangs high, the lake becomes golden. The moored boats, perching wild ducks, and swaying reeds form wonderful landscape paintings. In the paintings, three or five friends, a pot of turbid wine, and drunkenness Enter the fairyland. Nanyang Ancient Town is a pure land and a haven that soothes the soul. When you go to Nanyang Ancient Town and breathe in the unique atmosphere of the fishing town and lake, you can calm down, calm down, and especially relax.

It took us more than an hour to arrive in Jining. When we got to the pier, we changed to a small speedboat and took a boat for a few minutes to reach Nanyang Ancient Town, which is similar to the towns of Zhouzhuang and Wuzhen. The island maintains its original landform. Our group came here specifically to eat fish, turtle soup, and chicken, which tasted delicious.

The ancient town is located in the Weishan Lake that merges with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. In the summer, there is a sea of ??lotus, and there are temples where Qianlong visited in private. It is recommended to visit in the summer, not only to enjoy the flowers , you can also eat a lot of delicious lake food. Friends who like to eat can come here to taste it, and the price is not expensive. Delicious.

Nanyang Ancient Town is located in Nanyang Lake in the northwest of Weishan County and the northern end of Weishan Lake, 40 kilometers away from Jining City. The ancient town consists of a main island that is 3,500 meters long from east to west and 500 meters wide from north to south, and a number of natural islands. The main attractions are the "Sixteen Scenic Spots of Nanyang", including Yuehe Range Rover, Xingzhuang Cao Cao View, Laojie Commercial Bank, Jiege Crossing River, ancient temple blessing, imperial banquet nostalgic, Zhongxiao Square shadow, lotus pond flying, fishermen in the lake, long bridge lying on the waves, emperor stepping on the bank, lotus pond moonlight, fish jumping on the water, Caohe willow bank, fish pond sunset, Nandian Buddha Pavilion.

Nanyang Street has been famous for its prosperous business transactions since history, and it still endures today. The old street still retains the appearance of the Qing Dynasty, with east-west, north-south streets and bluestone roads, small streets such as Archway, Jingzi, Xiyu Market and four commercial ports in the east, west, south and north. Most of the houses in the town are ancient buildings with bluestone bricks and wooden structures. There are many restaurants, teahouses, grain shops, inns, salt shops, silk shops, pawn shops and shops with prominent brands.

In fact, to put it bluntly, when visiting an ancient town, in a place like this, you need to have a slow pace and appreciate each place one by one. Understand geography and people. If you want to go shopping alone, it is recommended not to come for a quick tour. Traveling is to appreciate the beautiful scenery, taste the food and slow down wherever you go. Leave beautiful memories in your life. It’s not in vain that the slow and long road of life is.